Chapter Eighty-Seven Unanimous
“Captain!”
Several team members surrounded him.
Although Xu En did not die from the Candle of Cherishing Light, he had burned too much of his life and spirituality, resulting in white hair and wrinkled skin, making him look as old as an old man.
However, as long as the person was alive, everything was fine.
Xu En calmed his team members, saying that he was fine, but only he knew the truth: he might never be able to advance further.
The Candle Sun Church had rituals that could restore youth. While old age could be reversed and lost life could be recovered through certain means, depleted spirituality could not be recovered by any method. Perhaps there were ways, but they were heretical and forbidden, essentially a matter of plundering the spirituality of others.
Xu En had decided that as soon as he returned to headquarters, he would retire from the front lines, cede his captain position to someone more capable, and become an instructor or something else. This was not only because the Candle of Cherishing Light had burned out his spirituality and ruined his path, but also because there had been casualties during this operation, and he bore the primary responsibility.
“Captain, what should we do about those people…” a team member holding a spellbook asked in a low voice.
Those people?
Xu En looked at the Players and shook his head, “Let’s go back for now and notify the authorities in Leicester to handle the aftermath.”
There was a group of brainwashed residents in the town below the mountain that needed to be resettled and dealt with, the source of Wilson’s ritual needed to be traced, and the organization behind Wilson that helped him construct the ritual needed to be investigated… There were too many things to do. Wilson’s sins would likely cause many people to step down or be fired. Compared to that, a group of seemingly kind illegal Transcendent beings was not that important.
“No, Captain, I mean… that person wearing the cloak, the magic she used, its Aether reaction is consistent with the Glor magic reaction remaining in the Ark Town church at the time…”
The team member said this with great difficulty.
Xu En’s pupils contracted. According to their divination and deductions, the Glor magic reaction remaining in the church ruins should have been left by that priest, but now…
“Are you sure?” Xu En’s voice was dry and hoarse.
“Yes, very sure.”
Xu En slowly closed his eyes.
In fact, his team members did not know why they had come to the Black Dragon Territory, thinking it was just a routine investigation.
Half a month prior, the headquarters received secret intelligence indicating signs of frequent Dark Dawn activity in the Black Dragon Territory. This matter was neither big nor small, as incidents related to the Dark Dawn occurred throughout the Kingdom all the time, and the Kingdom Disciplinary Bureau was already overwhelmed. However, if they turned a blind eye, who knew what disasters these madmen might brew.
Thus, after much discussion, the mission to investigate the Dark Dawn’s activities in the Black Dragon Territory fell to Xu En’s team.
But no one expected that shortly after Xu En’s team entered the Black Dragon Territory and before they could even begin their investigation, they received news that the Candle Sun Church in Ark Town had been burned down. Xu En suspected that this matter might be related to the Dark Dawn Church and immediately led his team to investigate.
After a thorough search, they indeed confirmed the presence of Dark Dawn members.
Originally, according to divination, they inferred that Priest Mog of the Glorious Spectrum Series had died at the hands of a Dark Dawn member. But now, they discovered that the owner of the residual Glor magic traces had not died and was right in front of them. What did this mean?
Glor symbolized reason, dedication, passion, and justice, representing the most ideal and sacred spectrum. Only those willing to burn themselves for others and light up the darkness with their light could embark on the path of the Glorious Spectrum Series.
In other words, followers of the Dark Lineage, which essentially embodied depravity, decline, negativity, and darkness, would never become Transcendent beings of the Glorious Spectrum Series.
Since Li Wen was the one using the power of Glor, then who was the one who used the flames of curse and purgatory in the Candle Sun Church at that time?
The answer was obvious.
“But how is this possible…” Xu En rubbed his temples in pain.
“I don’t know…” the astrologer in the team was at a loss, “I have never made a mistake, but…”
“Someone interfered with the divination, even destroyed the scene beforehand. It’s not your fault…” Xu En recalled the details of the investigation that day, details that he had instinctively sensed but overlooked at the time.
But it was useless to discuss this now. The fact that Li Wen was the Transcendent of the Glorious Spectrum Series represented something even more terrifying.
The priest who graduated from St. Peter’s Theological Seminary, favored by Glor, and recognized by the Candle Sun Church, the ritual priest, was very likely a mole planted by the Dark Dawn.
What was even more terrifying was that when you found one pest in the house, it was possible that all the dark corners of the house were already occupied by pests.
If this matter were reported back, it would not only shake the Disciplinary Bureau, the Theological Seminary, and the Holy Candle Mass Church, but likely the entire upper-class society of Arthur would be thrown into turmoil.
How did they, insignificant little ants, encounter this…
Xu En took a deep breath and walked towards Li Wen.
At this moment, Li Wen was examining a cup, which was the core of the entire Crimson Feast ritual, used to contain spirituality and blood.
However, as the ritual gradually collapsed, the originally blood-red exquisite cup had become dim and filthy.
The same was true for the mansion. After losing the ritual, the mansion shed all its mystery and eeriness, leaving only the heavy, damp, and decaying aura to linger, making it look like a dilapidated haunted house.
Li Wen, catching sight of Xu En walking over from the corner of her eye, handed the cup to Takebitori and said indifferently, “What, do people from the Disciplinary Bureau like to repay kindness with treachery?”
Due to some experiences in her previous life, her impression of the Kingdom Disciplinary Bureau was not very friendly… or rather, this was the consensus among all official Transcendent beings in Arthur.
“I’m very sorry…” Xu En was referring to the dead Players. He composed himself and said solemnly, “First of all, thank you and your companions for killing Wilson and saving this critical situation, madam. I am Derek Xu En, the leader of the fifteenth team of the seventh group of the Kingdom Disciplinary Bureau. There is a crucial matter I need to confirm with you.”
Xu En’s attitude was quite sincere, so Li Wen did not make things difficult for him.
“Just say it.”
“May I ask if you had a conflict with a Dark Dawn Transcendent two nights ago?”
Did it come after all?
Although she was a little puzzled by the Disciplinary Bureau’s swiftness, Li Wen generously admitted, “And so what if I did.”
“I would like to invite you to the capital in the name of the Disciplinary Headquarters to assist in the investigation. All expenses will be covered by us, and there will be a reward upon completion. This matter concerns the safety of the entire Kingdom, so please consider it carefully, madam.”
Assist the investigation?
Li Wen frowned. She worried that once she went to the capital of Arthur, she would never be able to return. Moreover, she had a heavy responsibility, with no clue about the remaining eleven Original Texts. How could she waste time on such matters?
Just as she was about to refuse, another voice interrupted the conversation.
“Please forgive me for refusing on her behalf.”
